The Marvel Studios schedule was shaken up in a major way when the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic hit, forcing theatrical releases like Black Widow into the next year, and reshuffling the release dates of highly anticipated Disney+ series like WandaVision, Loki, and Falcon and the Winter Soldier. But as we near the debut of the first […]
Continue readingThough Black Widow was originally intended to kick off the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the coronavirus pandemic has made it so that the first Marvel Studios series on Disney+ ushers in the next era of comic book storytelling. That series is WandaVision, and if the early buzz is any indicator, it’s a […]
Continue readingNot all news was bad news for filmmakers during the pandemic year. According to the latest study from the Celluloid Ceiling, the longest-running and most comprehensive study of women’s employment in film, women directors were up overall in 2020. The 23rd edition released Saturday from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and […]
Continue readingHollywood tapped a record number of women to call the shots on major movies in 2020, according to a new study from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.Women represented 16% of directors working on the 100 highest-grossing films in 2020, a high-water mark for female […]
Continue readingThe year started off so well – remember Parasite? – before it all got put on hold. This might be the end of cinema as we know itIf you had money on drive-in movies making a comeback in 2020, the year’s most talked-about actor being Laurence Fox, and the biggest Hollywood hit being Bad Boys […]
Continue readingAre you interested in the Kate Bishop expansion for Marvel’s Avengers coming in December? Who will play Jakeem Thunder in the second season of Stargirl? What is “Thunderbolt” Ross trying to do in Black Widow? How much new footage will be in Zack Snyder’s Justice League? Why did Kate Mara take such a small role […]
Continue readingUniversal Pictures is selling international distribution rights to the upcoming Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass film “News of the World” to Netflix.Universal still plans to release the western drama in U.S. theaters on Christmas Day. It’s unclear when the film will be available on Netflix in international territories, but it will likely be in 2021. […]
Continue readingIn recent years, Norway has become the backdrop to major studio films like “Black Widow,” “Dune,” “Tenet” and James Bond film “No Time to Die.” The latest tentpole in town was Paramount Pictures’ “Mission: Impossible 7,” one of the first studio films to resume shooting after seven months on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.For […]
Continue readingBetween the cascade of release date changes announced by Warner Bros. yesterday — including moving “Dune” to Oct. 1, 2021, “The Batman” to March 4, 2022 and “The Flash” to Nov. 4, 2022 — and Disney’s announcement on Sept. 23 that the studio was moving the bulk of its 2020 feature releases to 2021, it’s […]
Continue readingSince Black Widow has now officially moved into 2021, Marvel fans will have to take what they can get when it comes to filmed entertainment. All eyes are on WandaVision, which hits Disney+ later this year – but it turns out you don’t have to wait that long to see the next entry in the […]
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